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I am trying to use sqlcounter to count octets and am having the same problem. It seems that sqlcounter module was designed to handle the amount of time a user is allowed online and as such is hardcoded to return the Session-Timeout value according to the sql query.

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how can i override the value of session-timeout, lets say for 10 minutes (i dont care if a user can stay connected until 0:10) ??

I put a seperate entry in the radcheckgroup table with the session-timeout value but freeradius seems to always return the lower of the two values... again presumably to limit online usage.

Anyway let me know if you find a way... I am going to see if I can make sense of "rlm_sqlcounter.c" with my limited c knowledge :-)

I have the same problem and this by configured my nas to discard the session timeout. It would be nice if you could have a config parameter if the system should return session-timeout for the specific sqlcounter or return it as another 'defined by admin' radius attribute (for octets in the case of Nomadix lets say: Nomadix-MaxBytesDown/Nomadix-MaxBytesUp) J.